You know how back in junior high and high school there was always that one kid who had an girlfriend who lived out of state and nobody ever saw, but she was totally smoking hot and was the reason why he never got a date? It's the teenage version of an imaginary friend.

I just realized that for the span of 2 months, to the rest of my 8th grade class, I WAS that kid.

I totally was "going out" with my mothers' boss's niece, Tara, who was a year younger than me and I met on a spring break ski trip with my family and friend of my family. She lived down in Galena, KS and I knew her for 3 day before we "went out". We spent the next 4 days holding hands and even had the occasional kiss...ahhh, good times. We talked on the phone for the next 2 months and then she broke up with me...I was sad. Sure the entire thing was slightly pathetic, but at least she existed.

And the thing is, I can't prove any of this happened because we kept it secret from the grown-ups, and I have no f'ing clue where she's been for the last 8 years.

Man, I'm Pathetic.